Improvement in fountain-brushes



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Fountain Brush. N0.l64,498 Patentedjune15,1875.

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ROBERT s. VAN ZANDT, on WILLIAMSBURG, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN FOUNTAIN-BRUSHES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent Nol64,498, dated June 15,1875; application filed April 24, 1875.

To all whom it may concern 'Be it known that I, ROBERT S. VAN ZANDT, ofWilliamsburg, Kings county, State of New York, have invented certainImprovements in Fountain-Brushes, of which the following is aspecification The object of my invention is to provide for a cheap andefficient fountain-brush, by aid of which labor will be saved in dippingthe brush into the paint or fluid in order to obtain a new supply. Acontinuous steady flow of paint or fluid into the brush is secured, andthus saving of time, economy of material, and a more uniform supply ofpaint or fluid is obtained.

My invention consists in constructing a hollow cylinder out of tin orother suitable material, open at both ends, and provided with an insiderim or lip at the upper end. The lower end is closed with a circularplate, in the center of which a funnel-shaped vessel is placed, open atthe top, but closed at the bottom. In the circular plate, and around thefunnel, a number of perforations,slots, or holes are made. To the sidesof this circular plate and the cylinder is soldered or otherwisesecurely attached a nozzle of any length and diameter, according to thesize of abrush ,which is inserted into its lower open end or, ifdesired, may be attached outside and around the same. Another hollowcylinder, with a funnel shaped top, open at both ends and provided withan outside rim at the lower end, fitting the inside of thefirst-mentioned cylinder, is placed inside of the same in such a mannerthat the lower part can be readily slid up and down in the firstcylinder, but is prevented from being withdrawn from the same, for thereason that the inside rim on the top of the first cylinder fits overthe outside rim of the other cylinder. To the bottom of thislast-mentioned cylinder is soldered or otherwise secured a funnel-shaped vessel, which fits into the other funnel-shaped vessel placed in thebottom of the first cylinder. The inlet to the upper cylinder may beclosed by aid of a cork, or by any other suitable means.

The operation of my improved fountain-brush is as follows: The lowerpart of the upper cylinder is pushed down into the first cylinder insuch a manner that the end at the open funnel, placed in the bottom ofthe upper cylinder, fits closely into the funnel with closed bottom inthe lower end of the firstcylinder, by which the fiuid poured in throughthe upper end of the upper cylinder will be prevented from flowing downinto the brush. By drawing out the upper cylinder more or less, a largeror diminished flow of paint or fluid into the brush is obtained, for thereason that a corresponding space is left open between the two lowerfunnels, and the fluid is thereby allowed to flow, through theperforations in the circular plate, downward into the brush.

But, that my invention may be fully understood, I will describe the samein detail by aid of the accompanying drawings, which form part of thisspecification.

Figure 1 represents a vertical section of a fountain-brush constructedaccording to my invention, and Fig. 2 a cross -section of the lower partof the same.

In each of the views similar letters of reference are employed toindicate corresponding parts wherever they occur.

A represents a hollow tube provided with a conical end, A, to the centerof which is cononected the nozzle b, in the end of which is atfixed abrush, K. d is a plate or support placed across the lower end of thetube A, provided with holes or apertures f f, and supporting at itscenter a funnel-shaped vessel, 6. The tube A, at c, is provided with aflange adapted to embrace the circumference of the reservoirtube G,which is adapted to slide within the tube A, and is prevented from beingdrawn too far out by means of arim, h, on its periphery. Thereservoir-tubeG, at its upper end, is provided with a funnel-shapedmouth, j, which is closed by a cork or stopper, L, or other suitableclosing means, while at its lower end it is constructed with a taperingnozzle, 2', adapted to be received, when required, within thefunnel-shaped vessel 0, as hereinafter explained.

The operation of the apparatus is as follows When it is desired tocharge the reservoirtube G with paint or fluid the tube G is presseddownward within the tube A, so that the nozzle '11 shall come within,and its passage t" be closed by, the funnelshaped vessel e. The

cork or stopper L is then removed and the reservoir G charged, afterwhich the stopperLis replaced, and the reservoir-tube G withdrawn,

more or less, to open the passage 11, by caus ing the nozzle i to recedea greater or less distance from the vessel 6. The paint or fluid willthus flowin regulated quantities from the passage i into the vessel 6,and thence, through the openings f in the plate or support d, down theconical end A and tube 12 to the brush K, for use.

Having thus described my invention, what 1 claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. A fountain-brush, constructed with a reservoir-tube, G, provided witha nozzle, 6, and passage t", and adapted to slide within a tube, A,formed at its lower end with a tube, b, and brush K, and having aperforated plate or support, cl, extending across its lower end, andsupporting a funnel shaped vessel, 6, in posi- April, 1875.

ROBERT S. VAN ZANDT. Witnesses:

ANTON C. ORONDAL, FRANKLIN BARRITT.

